Today in History for June 2007
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Historical Events
Results 1 - 11 of 11
1st - Jack Kevorkian is released from prison after serving eight years of his 10-25 year prison term for second-degree murder in the 1998 death of Thomas Youk, 52, of Oakland County, Michigan.
1st - Smoking is banned from United Kingdom's public places.
3rd - USS Carter Hall (LSD-50) engaged pirates after they boarded the Danish ship Danica White off the coast of Somalia. (details)
8th - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia is hit by the State's worst storms and flooding in 30 years resulting in the death of nine people and the grounding of trade ship, the MV Pasha Bulker.
13th - The Al Askari Mosque is bombed again.
24th - The Angora Fire starts near South Lake Tahoe, California destroying 200+ structures in its first 48 hours.
25th - 2007 United Kingdom floods, parts of Lincolnshire and Yorkshire flood including Louth, Horncastle and worst affected, Hull.
27th - The Brazilian Military Police invades the favelas of Complexo do Alemão in an episode which is remembered as the Complexo do Alemão massacre.
28th - Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros becomes the 27th member of the 3000 hit club, going 5 for 5 against the Colorado Rockies.
29th - Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.
30th - A car crashes into Glasgow International Airport in Scotland, believed to be a terrorist attack.
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 56 of 56
1st - Arn Shein, American sports writer (b. 1928)
1st - Tony Thompson, Singer in R&B group Hi-Five (b. 1975)
2nd - Huang Ju, Chinese Vice-Premier
2nd - Kentaro Haneda, Japanese composer (b. 1949)
4th - Clete Boyer, American baseball player (b. 1937)
4th - Jim Clark, American sheriff and segregationist (b. 1922)
4th - Bill France Jr., NASCAR pioneer (b. 1933)
4th - Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (b. 1940)
4th - Freddie Scott, American singer and songwriter (b. 1933)
4th - Craig L. Thomas, United States Senator (b. 1933)
5th - Povel Ramel, Swedish entertainer (b. 1922)
8th - Kenny Olsson, Swedish speedway racer (b. 1977)
8th - Richard Rorty, American postanalytic, pragmatic philosopher (b. 1931)
9th - Frankie Abernathy, Former The Real World: San Diego castmate (b. 1981)
10th - Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (b. 1940)
11th - Imre Friedmann, American scientist (b. 1921)
11th - Mala Powers, American film actress (b. 1931)
12th - Don Herbert aka "Mr. Wizard", American television host (b. 1917)
13th - Walid Eido, Lebanese MP (b. 1942)
14th - Ruth Graham, wife of Billy Graham (b. 1920)
14th - Robin Olds, American fighter pilot (b. 1922)
14th - Kurt Waldheim, Austrian politician and statesman (b. 1918)
15th - Claudia Cohen, American gossip columnist and socialite (b. 1950)
15th - Sherri Martel, American professional wrestler and valet (b. 1958)
16th - Grand Ayatollah Fazel Lankarani, Iranian cleric (b. 1931)
16th - Mikhail Kononov, Soviet actor (b. 1940)
17th - Gianfranco Ferrè, Italian fashion designer (b. 1944)
17th - Serena Wilson, American belly dancer (b. 1933)
18th - Bernard Manning, British comedian (b. 1930)
18th - Georges Thurston, Canadian singer (b. 1951)
19th - El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
19th - Terry Hoeppner, American football coach (b. 1947)
19th - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1919)
19th - Ze'ev Schiff, Israeli journalist (b. 1932)
20th - Trevor Henry, New Zealand Justice (b. 1902)
21st - Bob Evans, American restaurateur (b. 1918)
22nd - Nancy Benoit, former professional wrestling valet(b. 1964)
22nd - Erik Parlevliet, Dutch field hockey player (b. 1964)
23rd - Rod Beck, American baseball player (b. 1968)
24th - Byron Baer, American politician (b. 1929)
24th - Chris Benoit, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1967)
24th - Derek Dougan, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1938)
24th - Natasja Saad, Danish reggae and dancehall artist (b. 1974)
25th - Mahasti, Persian singer (b. 1946)
25th - J. Fred Duckett, American sports announcer and teacher (b. 1933)
26th - Liz Claiborne, Belgian-born American fashion designer (b. 1929)
26th - Joey Sadler, All Black rugby player (b. 1914)
26th - Natasja Saad, Danish Reggae singer (b. 1974)
27th - Patrick Allotey, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1979)
27th - Dragutin Tadijanović, Croatian poet (b. 1905)
27th - William Hutt, Canadian stage and film actor (b. 1920)
28th - Eugene Bennett Fluckey, American Navy Submariner (b. 1913)
28th - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)
29th - Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
29th - Edward Yang, Taiwanese film director (b. 1947)
30th - Sahib Singh Verma, Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Delhi (b. 1943)
